A Vacation in Nebula is a surreal, relaxing adventure about… well, it’s kind of vague, but it does feature a sort of vacation-ish trip to a place that might well be called Nebula. This is a game that’s more about the vibes than anything else. And boy, does it have vibes in spades.

The game begins when your avatar wakes up in a spa on top of a waterfall, and from there you amble across the trippy landscape of Nebula, sometimes solving some puzzles, but mostly searching for seven suns, which you need to open a door to… somewhere. It’s not really clear, at first. Most of the suns aren’t that hard to get; they’re mainly there to get you to explore the world, lovingly rendered in a CGA palette version of the 2k/2k3 First Seed Material graphics. Like the name implies, A Vacation in Nebula is focused on providing a relaxing, pleasant experience—no annoyances, no worries.

Unfortunately, some of that relaxing atmosphere is marred by frustration. I got tripped up on a sliding block puzzle near the end, and some of the exits could have been clearer. But overall Frogge does a good job of keeping his dream world free of annoyances; there were a couple things that could have grated on me (like the self-help-esque messages from nearly everything you interact with, or the animation that greets every single room change), but Nebula’s short length prevents them from overwhelming the game’s charm.

I would say that A Vacation in Nebula is one of the most impressive RPG Maker games I’ve played this year. You can tell Frogge put a lot of work into its presentation; for an RM2K game, this is very polished. I would definitely recommend playing this game, especially when you’ve just had a long, hard day and you need to unwind.